Dallas-Green Bay: Let the hype begin

Next Thursday’s Cowboys-Packers game will be off the charts. In addition to being a game that could decide homefield advantage, it’s only the second time in NFL history since 1970 that two 10-1 teams have squared off.

The only other such matchup came on Dec. 3, 1990, when the Joe Montana-led San Francisco 49ers squared off with the Bill Parcells-coached New York Giants.

“It is a great thing,” Cowboys outside linebacker Greg Ellis said. “People love football, but when you see two organizations with great history, old-school teams and with great records playing each other, it’s special.”

There’s plenty of other attractive storylines, including the Tony Romo facing his boyhood idol Brett Favre.

“Hopefully, (Favre) had his best game of the year today,” Romo said, “because it’s hard to put games like that together back-to-back. But I expect we’ll get the best that Brett has to offer next week. It’s going to be a great test for this football team. It’s going to be enjoyable.”

Favre completed 31 of 41 for 381 yards and three touchdowns in Green Bay’s 37-26 victory over Detroit on Thursday.